Quarto. 197pp. In 1952, Thomas Tindale published what is considered to be one of the finest studies of Japanese papermaking, brimming with specimens, including old and rare documented papers from the eighth and ninth centuries. For this edition, which reprints Tindale’s original text, Sidney Berger shines a light upon the author, about whom little had been previously known. Drawing upon a wealth of new material, Berger also provides a glimpse into the production of the book itself. With numerous illustrations, many from Tindale’s photo archive that were not included in the original volume. Also contains an assortment of contemporary Japanese papers that were not in the 1952 volume. Very fine in quarter morocco and Japanese cloth boards, housed in a cloth clamshell box. Prospectus laid in. (28490)